Reef Builders - The Source for Reef Keeping Information

Banter · #1 (**permalink**) 08-01-2007, 11:42 PM

Hi,

Saw the long list of topics saying hello so i thought i may get some of your hopes up!
I'm a college student at the University of Cincinnati. I'm a cook at the very popular Buffalo Wild Wings. To liven up the mood of my dorm i bought a small fishbowl, and had a bright red male Betta. I enjoyed it and thought that it would be really cool to do something on a larger scale. I don't know weather or not i wan a fresh or salt water. This forum seemed like the right place to find out information of any kind, not just reef's. SO here I am and hello!

rlcline76 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-02-2007, 12:15 AM

Welcome.
This just reminds me that I am hungry...and sober...

AMS · #3 (**permalink**) 08-02-2007, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by rlcline76

This just reminds me that I am hungry...and sober...

hungry and sober is no way to go through life.

msbdiving · #4 (**permalink**) 08-02-2007, 01:33 AM

What a tease, should be against the law and throw you in jail for a statement like that.

ElizabethPou · #5 (**permalink**) 08-02-2007, 06:37 AM

Lol, you had me running to open this thread to find out where to get the wings. I love going to Buffalo Wild Wings on Tuesdays. Also, I remember those days when I had a Betta while living at the dorms. I couldn't seem to keep them alive. Welcome, to the forum you will find lots of information at this forum.

ncdiablo · #6 (**permalink**) 08-02-2007, 07:11 AM

Heyas and welcome to RB.

Only problems I see going with saltwater during college is the choices of getting expensive equipment and keeping up on all the testing and changes. Especially for me if I remember my system of accounting during college.

Beer>Everything else.

Sex>Beer>Everything else

I avoided fishkeeping during my college years. I just remember thinking things like.... well I could buy some food with this money or I could buy some beer with this money..... You can guess which won at the time.

Banter · #7 (**permalink**) 08-02-2007, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ncdiablo

I avoided fishkeeping during my college years. I just remember thinking things like.... well I could buy some food with this money or I could buy some beer with this money..... You can guess which won at the time.

having a job keeps the beer flowing and gives you money to play with

DoLceNBeLLa · #8 (**permalink**) 08-02-2007, 10:31 AM

Freshwater is a lot easier at college. I actually bring two african dwarf frogs with me and they live in a 5 gallon tank. They're completely aquatic and swim up to the surface to breathe air.

If you simply MUST do saltwater (atta boy) then you can do a very simple nano tank with maybe a few hermit crabs, snails, and very hardy fish.

My worry that stops me from doing the same is when you travel home for the breaks and the power goes out. You'd have to break down the system and bring it home each time.